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Pedro M. S. Monteiro publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pedro M. S. Monteiro sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 91 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Pedro M. S. Monteiro D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pedro M. S. Monteiro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pedro M. S. Monteiro is affiliated with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Geology.

The scientist has explored topics related to Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Climate Variability and Models, and Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Pedro M. S. Monteiro has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Nature Communications, South African Journal of Science, and Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Monteiro include:

  • "Storms drive outgassing of CO2 in the subpolar Southern Ocean," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Multidecadal trend of increasing iron stress in Southern Ocean phytoplankton," 2023, Science
  • "The Southern Ocean Carbon Cycle 1985-2018: Mean, Seasonal Cycle, Trends, and Storage," 2023, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • "The IPCC Assessment Report Six Working Group 1 report and southern Africa: Reasons to take action," 2021, South African Journal of Science
  • "Wind-driven upwelling of iron sustains dense blooms and food webs in the eastern Weddell Gyre," 2023, Nature Communications

Monteiro frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors. Some of the most common collaborators include Sarah Nicholson, Luke Gregor, Marcel du Plessis, Sebastiaan Swart, and Sandy Thomalla.

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2016

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Josep G. Canadell;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon Budget 2019

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Matthew W. Jones;Michael O'Sullivan;Robbie Andrew

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017

    Corinne Le Quere;Robbie M. Andrew;Pierre Friedlingstein;Stephen Sitch

  • Global Carbon and other Biogeochemical Cycles and Feedbacks

    Josep G. Canadell;Pedro M.S. Monteiro;Marcos H. Costa;Leticia Cotrim Da Cunha

  • A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

    Dorothee C. E. Bakker;Benjamin Pfeil;Benjamin Pfeil;Camilla S. Landa;Camilla S. Landa;Nicolas Metzl

  • The Benguela Current: An ecosystem of four components

    L. Hutchings;C.D. van der Lingen;L.J. Shannon;R.J.M. Crawford

  • Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development

    J. Zhang;D. Gilbert;A. Gooday;L. Levin

  • Marine hypoxia/anoxia as a source of CH4 and N2O

    S. W. A. Naqvi;S. W. A. Naqvi;Hermann W. Bange;L. Farías;P. M. S. Monteiro

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Sea–air CO 2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean for the period 1990–2009

    Andrew Lenton;Bronte Tilbrook;Bronte Tilbrook;R. M. Law;Dorothee C. E. Bakker

  • Global Carbon Budget 2017 (in open review for Earth System Science Data). doi: 10.5194/essd-2017-123

    C. Le Quéré;R. M. Andrew;P. Friedlingstein;S. Sitch

  • Regional scale characteristics of the seasonal cycle of chlorophyll in the Southern Ocean

    S. J. Thomalla;N. Fauchereau;S. Swart;P. M. S. Monteiro

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • A comparative assessment of the uncertainties of global surface ocean CO 2 estimates using a machine-learning ensemble (CSIR-ML6 version 2019a) – have we hit the wall?

    Luke Gregor;Luke Gregor;Luke Gregor;Alice D. Lebehot;Alice D. Lebehot;Schalk Kok;Pedro M. Scheel Monteiro

  • The seasonal cycle of mixed layer dynamics and phytoplankton biomass in the Sub-Antarctic Zone: A high-resolution glider experiment

    S Swart;S Swart;Sandy J Thomalla;Pedro Ms Monteiro

  • Integrated assessment of ecosystem-scale carrying capacity in shellfish growing areas

    João Gomes Ferreira;Anthony J. S. Hawkins;Pedro M. S. Monteiro;Heather Moore

  • Distribution and malformation of living coccolithophores in the northern Benguela upwelling system off Namibia

    Jacques Giraudeau;Pedro M.S. Monteiro;Kosmas Nikodemus

  • Interannual hypoxia variability in a coastal upwelling system: Ocean–shelf exchange, climate and ecosystem-state implications

    P.M.S. Monteiro;P.M.S. Monteiro;A. K. van der Plas;Jean-Luc Mélice;P. Florenchie

  • Variability of natural hypoxia and methane in a coastal upwelling system: Oceanic physics or shelf biology?

    P. M. S. Monteiro;P. M. S. Monteiro;A. van der Plas;V. Mohrholz;E. Mabille

  • Thermal Stratification in Saldanha Bay (South Africa) and Subtidal, Density-driven Exchange with the Coastal Waters of the Benguela Upwelling System

    P.M.S Monteiro;J.L Largier;J.L Largier

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Bronte Tilbrook
Bronte Tilbrook CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Christopher L. Sabine
Christopher L. Sabine University of Hawaii at Manoa
Nicolas Metzl
Nicolas Metzl Sorbonne University
Rik Wanninkhof
Rik Wanninkhof Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Andrew Lenton
Andrew Lenton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Taro Takahashi
Taro Takahashi Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Arne Körtzinger
Arne Körtzinger GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Adrienne Sutton
Adrienne Sutton Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Mario Hoppema
Mario Hoppema Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Peter Landschützer
Peter Landschützer Max Planck Society

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